Show IN SOUTHERN UTAH the outlook for the mining industry was never brighter in southern utah than at the present time says the iron county record the fetters which have so long prevented this marvelously rich section from development are at last being unc unclasped laspe d b by y the magic fingers of capital and an era of prosperity and advancement seems about to pour upon the patient prospector and claim holder whose only reward for untiring labor has thus far been his hopes for the future and now that dame fortune has chosen to smile upon the rugged hills and vales that teem with untold wealth she does so with a smile so broad that the entire southern country is is made to share its welcome effects from piute diute to washington each county has its sensational developments at marysvale Marys vale a boom which threatens to eclipse all previous records in the history of utah mining has already commenced colorado people have filled the camp and are buying and leasing everything insi in sight glit anew A new townsite is being laid out and preparations made for a boom in mao magnitude I 1 in beaver county new properties are being opened up and old ones worked with unwonted vigor the rich dopper copper properties of washington county which have so long lain idle have changed hands and will henceforth be numbered among the steady producers but it is left to iron county the banner county of the state viewed from the variety and extent of its minerals to bear off the palm with our mountains of coal and iron so boundless in extent as to be beyond the powers of man to compute our immense deposits of gold silver copper and lead all in limitless quantities and unsurpassed in quality who could question the justice of our claims stateline Stat eline is just recovering from the disaster and is attracting 7 the interest of moneyed people there are not leas than half a dozen propositions already uncovered there that can make paying shipments ts of gold and silver quartz A revival of interest is noticed with the copper and lead properties about iron city and encouraging reports come from the holt properties in the extreme southwest the immense iron and coal holdings of thomas taylor are at present tied up to new york parties on an option but this expires on the first of the coming month and as mr taylor has for the last two months been besieged by pro promoters motors for various syndicates and correspondence from capitalists it seems probable that should the holders of the option allow it to go by default a more enterprising company will step in and reap the benefits taken all in all prospects could scarcely be better for the state in general and iron county in particular |